63614 robot denies she is a robot

Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She's a Robot (Dec 10, 2013) http://io9.com/ A Read the text and fill in the blanks with correct articles (a, an, the) Recently, Time Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer received … phone call from … apparently bright and engaging woman asking him if he wanted … deal But he soon got … feeling something wasn't quite right After asking … telemarketer point blank if she was … real person or … computer-operated robot, she chuckled charmingly and insisted she was real Looking to press … issue, Scherer asked her … series of questions, which she promptly failed Such as, "What vegetable is found in tomato soup?" To which she responded by saying she didn't understand … question When asked what day of … week it was yesterday, she complained of … bad connection (ah, … oldest trick in … book) … Time reporter called … company directly, identified himself and said Time was doing … story about … robot who calls people on … company's behalf "We don't use robot calls, sir," said … person who answered … phone, before promptly hanging up … phone B Match the vocabulary to the appropriate definition a to insist on raising/discussing/resolving a problem apparent b as the representative of somebody or instead of them engage point blank c to attract and keep somebody's attention and interest chuckle d seems to be real or true but may not be press an issue the oldest trick in the book on behalf C Listen for yourself: e a well-known way of deceiving someone, though still effective f to laugh quietly g very clear and direct, and not very polite You will hear two conversations between the telemarketer and the reporter Listen, then answer these questions: Why is the telemarketer calling? What excuses does the telemarketer keep making? What does the reporter want the telemarketer to say? Why doesn't she say it? D Discussion What role will robots play in our society later this century? (companions, workers, computers, etc ) How much of the human body will be replaced by machines? Will there be androids in the future? Can you think of movies that have robots in them? What were they about? Did you enjoy it? Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She's a Robot (Dec 10, 2013) A Read the text and fill in the blanks with correct articles (a, an, the, -) Recently, Time Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer received a phone call from an apparently bright and engaging woman asking him if he wanted a deal But he soon got the feeling something wasn't quite right After asking the telemarketer point blank if she was a real person or a computer-operated robot, she chuckled charmingly and insisted she was real Looking to press the issue, Scherer asked her a series of questions, which she promptly failed Such as, "What vegetable is found in tomato soup?" To which she responded by saying she didn't understand the question When asked what day of the week it was yesterday, she complained of a bad connection (ah, the oldest trick in the book) A Time reporter called the company directly, identified himself and said Time was doing a story about the robot who calls people on the company's behalf "We don't use robot calls, sir," said the person who answered the phone, before promptly hanging up the phone B Match the vocabulary to the appropriate definition a to insist on raising/discussing/resolving a problem apparent D b as the representative of somebody or instead of them engage C point blank G c to attract and keep somebody's attention and interest chuckle F d seems to be real or true but may not be press an issue A the oldest trick in the book E on behalf B C Listen for yourself: e a well-known way of deceiving someone, though still effective f to laugh quietly g very clear and direct, and not very polite You will hear two conversations between the telemarketer and the reporter Listen, then answer these questions: Why is the telemarketer calling? What excuses does the telemarketer keep making? What does the reporter want the telemarketer to say? Why doesn't she say it? D Discussion What role will robots play in our society later this century? (companions, workers, computers, etc ) How much of the human body will be replaced by machines? Will there be androids in the future? Can you think of movies that have robots in them? What were they about? Did you enjoy it?